aio-libs/aiohttp · Security
AIOHTTP vulnerable to denial of service through large payloads
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-6jhg-hg63-jvvf
- CVE ID
- CVE-2025-69228
- Severity
- medium
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS v4
- 6.6 · CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U
Description
Summary
A request can be crafted in such a way that an aiohttp server's memory fills up uncontrollably during processing.
Impact
If an application includes a handler that uses the Request.post() method, an attacker may be able to freeze the server by exhausting the memory.
Patch: https://github.com/aio-libs/aiohttp/commit/b7dbd35375aedbcd712cbae8ad513d56d11cce60
CWEs
- CWE-770 · Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling